Racing to Save Lives

The Race is done and I'm so close to the Goal ! Mahalo for visiting and because of folks like you, I'll be doing the Honolulu Marathon in December. Thank you so much for helping out.

Aloha!

If you have found yourself here, you must be wondering what I'm doing. Since my daughter, Kate, runs marathons for this organization, I became interested in what she was doing and came to know the Oahu people.

I've never done anything like this before, but am a recipient of the benefits of cancer research and am excited about giving a little back. So, for those of you who know me, you'll know that I'm not a runner, never have been and have been taking advantage of the training and believe I can do this.

I am going to do the Great Aloha Run on February 15th for now and I make no promises beyond that. There is a challenge for me to raise $500 dollars in exchange for the training and support that I receive from the folks at Team in Training, so I would love it if you would consider helping me reach my goal.

The benefactor of your contribution will be The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) . Your contribution will go to helping to stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!

So what do you think? Can you give us a hand to raise some money to beat this disease. One of reasons I'm involved is this is one of those cancers that breaks your heart when you see who it afflicts. Kids, moms, fathers. wives and friends. People who were just going along with wonderful lives when all of a sudden they are stopped in their tracks. If it wasn't for LLS and other organizations like it, we wouldn't be nearly as close to cures as we are and I can't think of anything better than to eliminate these cancers one at a time until they become something that used to be.

I hope you will visit my web site often and if you know someone who might be interested in either making a donation or better yet, making the run themselves, please feel free to forward this to them.

Thanks for your support! I'll be thinking of you on the hill as I'm running!